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When running Triple Option, the Playside A is responsible for #3 (run support).

Here is Triple Option versus Triple Stack with the Playside A blocking #3.

If the Playside A cannot block the overhang, the Playside A will make a “LION” call to tell the Playside Tackle that the Playside Tackle is veering inside and has Playside Linebacker to Free Safety. Now, the Playside A blocks the Playside Linebacker to the Free Safety. The Quarterback is responsible for canceling the overhang because #3 now becomes #2 in the count.

Triple Load versus Triple Stack. Now, the overhang is #2 in the count and belongs to the Quarterback. The 40 technique and the Free Safety belong to the Playside A-Back and the Playside Tackle.

Have your Playside A load when he can’t block #3 in a Triple Stack defense.

Navy and Georgia Tech saw odd-front defenses at various times throughout their games with Fordham and Boston College. When #1 cancelled the B-Back on Triple, both Navy and Georgia Tech decided to block #1 and run outside with the B-Back on Outside Veer Give. As both defenses forced Navy and Tech to go outside, Navy and Tech brought the ball back inside. Here’s exactly how Navy and Tech do this:

The Playside Receiver cracks the Safety as he does not have to worry about the flank because there is no pitch phase. With the Playside A and Tackle, they Trey (double team) #1, and if #1 slants inside (this is why you’re running this–remember he’s trying to cancel the dive), the Playside A breaks off the Trey and blocks the Mike running over the top. If #1 goes in, you can bet the Mike is scraping over the top to the C or D gap. The rest of the Offensive Line, the Backside A, and the Backside Receiver have the same responsibilities as Triple Option.

The Quarterback has the same footwork as Triple Option. He takes the snap, jumps in the A-gap, points the ball, and gives to the B. After he gives to the B, he runs one yard outside of the Tackle. The B-Back has the same landmark as Triple except after he has the ball, he works vertical outside of the Trey block and to the end zone. Navy and Georgia Tech do not run Outside Veer like the “old school” split back veer coaches. They keep the mesh point the same as Triple Option.

A common question is why #2 (the 9-technique) isn’t blocked on Outside Veer Give. This is because Navy and Tech run Outside Veer Give when #1 is cancelling the B on Triple. If #1 is cancelling the B on Triple, #2 is either taking the Quarterback or the Pitch. So, there is no need to block #2 on Outside Veer Give.

This is Navy and Tech’s go-to constraint versus an Odd Front Defense when #1 forces a pull read on Triple. Navy and Tech double #1, hand the ball off to the B, and the B runs off the Trey.

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When running Triple Option, the Playside A is responsible for #3 (run support).

Here is Triple Option versus Triple Stack with the Playside A blocking #3.

If the Playside A cannot block the overhang, run Triple Load. In the Georgia Tech/Navy vernacular, this is 12/13 Load (12 is to the right). Now, the Playside A blocks the Playside Linebacker to the Free Safety. The Quarterback is responsible for canceling the overhang because #3 now becomes #2 in the count. The Playside A will make a “LION” call to tell the Playside Tackle that the Playside Tackle is veering inside and has Playside Linebacker to Free Safety.

Triple Load versus Triple Stack. Now, the overhang is #2 in the count and belongs to the Quarterback. The 40 technique and the Free Safety belong to the Playside A-Back and the Free Safety.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Cella discusses the assignments and techniques of all 11 positions executing the Triple Option versus the Odd Stack Defense. Dr. Cella breaks the discussion into three parts: 1. Perimeter blocking; 2. Offensive Line blocking; 3. The Triple Option. Technique on each block is discussed. The Quarterback’s entire progression from pre-snap through the echo of the whistle is discussed. This podcast provides coaches with information to successfully execute the Triple Option versus the Odd Stack.

Navy runs Zone Option when the defense forces a give read to the B-Back on Triple Option and the result of the play is a gain of less than four yards. Then, the Naval Academy comes back with Zone Option, which forces the defense to have to play the Quarterback and the pitch. This concept was Navy’s second-most utilized concept of 2015.

Zone Option versus Triple Stack Defense. The Playside A-Back blocks #2 when #3 is on the Line of Scrimmage. Also, the B-Back has Mike to Free Safety, and often versus a Triple Stack, he will end up on the Free Safety as the Free Safety has a better angle than the Mike to make the tackle on Zone Option.